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Murphy Stuff
==> Ep. 51 of the Bob Murphy Show features Hannah Cox explaining why conservatives should oppose the death penalty. ==> I take on Joe Weisenthal on negative interest rates. ==> I argue that, contrary to some leftist progressives, slavery was nota boon for American capitalism. Excerpts: There is no doubt that a healthy adult slave […]
Read moreThe Case for Legalizing Blackmail
Seriously I am just a rebel. Where else do you get hard-hitting stuff like this? An excerpt: The interesting aspect of this system is that it would provide an informal means of “fining” people for violating social taboos. Although this might strike some (such as Scott Sumner, whom we’ll discuss in the next section) as […]
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Read moreThe Nobel Laureates
For those of you who are pure econ geeks, here are some links: ==> As usual, check out Tyler Cowen, on Paul Romer (make sure you read the thing about Romer saying World Bank reports couldn’t use “and” more than 2.6% of the words) and William Nordhaus. ==> Also as usual, the person whose take is […]
Read moreMurphy vs. Tucker Carlson
For real, I think I identified at least two big mistakes in the recent Tucker Carlson clip where he went after Jeff Bezos for off-loading his labor costs onto taxpayers (through food stamps). Even if you’re an economist who agrees with me, I encourage you to read my article. It took me a bit to […]
Read moreMarket Monetarists: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Actually my title doesn’t really make sense; I couldn’t think of anything clever. I really liked this David Beckworth post, talking about the breakdown of the Fed’s “floor system.” In fact, I liked it so much that I based my article in the forthcoming issue of The Lara-Murphy Report on it. So score +1 for […]
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